Subduction Zone
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Yes, that can vary a bit by state. One might be in trouble in a very anti-gun state with an anti-gun jury.
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Officer Barney Fife mistakes gun for a tazer in shooting a black man. Biden calls for peace.
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Heyo
Veteran Member
Yes, when people get hurt or killed it is always major. And that is why this case better not end with the result "accident" because that would indicate that such a thing can happen again any day and no-one cares.
I don't say that the officer is guilty, but someone is. At least responsible. At the end someone has to take that responsibility and say "we did this and that wrong and we gonna change it".
We Never Know
No Slack
Who's digging? From a legal view any and/or all that will come into play.
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No Slack
?"It is time to stop digging"
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Post #137 lol
Subduction Zone
Veteran Member
I think that I have pointed out that more training appears to be the solution. I have heard law enforcement people decry the lack of proper training for most officers. For example if you want police not to use deadly force then one has to provide reasonable alternatives. Training in unarmed combat would help immensely. Police could use a fair amount of training in mixed martial arts. Just knowing how to control someone by lying on top of them, And that does not mean resting one's body weight on the neck of a person that is already cuffed.
The number one cause of the excessive deaths is underfunding of police, not overfunding.
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No Slack
The police chief also resigned.
Brooklyn Center Police Chief And Officer Who Shot Daunte Wright Resign
Kooky
Freedom from Sanity
Is it so hard to conceptualize the notion that people may become genuinely angry or outraged over situations like this one, and that riots may be genuine collective outbursts of such outrage or anger in very public spaces?
They may not help their case - and we may disagree on how laudable their political goals are - but I think it is not particularly sensible to immediately turn towards painting violent protests as disingenuous or motivated by cynicism rather than real emotion.
From the article...
Potter, who had previously served as president of the local police
union and whose duties included training other officers, had
initially been placed on administrative leave, but pressure had
grown from community members to fire her.
Critics had raised questions of how someone responsible for
police training could have mistaken a Taser for a handgun.
NewGuyOnTheBlock
Cult Survivor/Fundamentalist Pentecostal Apostate
After watching some of the body cam footage, my opinions have changed.
Dante was trying to flee. She was not in eminent danger and neither were her partners. She announced that she was going to tase him, I think twice, and before she pulled the trigger, she announced, "Taser Taser Taser".
I believe that she did not intend to shoot him with a taser and shooting him with a gun was a mistake.
However, she is a public servant. When you are given the public trust and the weapons to use deadly force, you simply are not allowed to make mistakes like that. If a fleeing suspect rattled her to the point that she made this kind of mistake, then she was in the wrong line of work.
I do feel sorry for her, but I do feel that she should be held accountable. I don't think that charges indicating intent or premeditation are appropriate, though.
In the news....
Ex-cop Kim Potter guilty of manslaughter in Daunte Wright killing
She should spend a long time in prison. Remember that
a truck driver recently got a 110 year sentence for an
accident that killed 4 people. Civilians pay for their
mistakes that harm others. Cops should too.
Ex-cop Kim Potter guilty of manslaughter in Daunte Wright killing
She should spend a long time in prison. Remember that
a truck driver recently got a 110 year sentence for an
accident that killed 4 people. Civilians pay for their
mistakes that harm others. Cops should too.
Suave
Simulated character
Justice served, carless cops should be held accountable for their acts of manslaughter.
There's a larger issue here that should be chilling, ie,
that fellow cops thought she did no wrong. She is
described as a good cop. So good cops do this, &
approve of this? It can lead one to believe that all
cops are bad, but that most believe they're good.
Kim Potter guilty of manslaughter in Daunte Wright death | WTOP News
Excerpted....
.... testimony from some other officers who described Potter as a good person or said they saw nothing wrong in her actions: “The defendant has found herself in trouble and her police family has her back.”
that fellow cops thought she did no wrong. She is
described as a good cop. So good cops do this, &
approve of this? It can lead one to believe that all
cops are bad, but that most believe they're good.
Kim Potter guilty of manslaughter in Daunte Wright death | WTOP News
Excerpted....
.... testimony from some other officers who described Potter as a good person or said they saw nothing wrong in her actions: “The defendant has found herself in trouble and her police family has her back.”
Heyo
Veteran Member
Yep. I just see all the cases where cops got of scot free for even more reckless behaviour (and not just incompetence).
It doesn't feel right, but that's water under the bridge. Let's hope that this case gives some precedent for the future.